If Costa Rica’s varnished surf scene had an A-team, get a breath of air would look something like this: Carlos Muñoz, Jair Pérez, Noe Mar McGonagle, Gilbert Brown, Anthony Fillingim, Luis Vindas, Leilani McGonagle, Lisbeth Vindas, and Nataly Bernold. The nine top surfers have all the hallmarks to shuffle places between being secure champions and taking the top fivesome slots at any given competition, additional the odd interloper upsetting the order.
Heading into Costa Rica’s 13th annual Enormous Final Reef National Surf Championships, apprehension for July 26, 27 and 28 at Playa Hermosa by Jacó, it’s the A-team all the way.
Costa Rica’s top surfers will contest the national champion title in seven categories: Smidgen Division (ages 18 and up) add to Men and Women, Juniors (under 18) for Men and Women, Longboard, Boys (ages 15 and under), and “Minigrometts” or young surfers (boys ages 12 and under).
In the Men’s Open splitting up, Jair Pérez of Jacó leads high-mindedness pack. Pérez is fresh from alluring the Olympus Tough Cup – representation seventh competition of the National OlympusCircuit – in Playa Esterillos Oeste safety check 22-23 June. Now ranked No. 1 in overall points for 2013, Pérez took fourth place in the 2012 Championships and third in 2011.
Following accurately is Noe Mar McGonagle, 17, supporting Pavones who currently is in next place in the Men’s Open. Noe Mar is one of the country’s hottest upcoming young surfers. He court case out in front for the Men’s Junior category with a whopping 10,080 overall points, far above second point León Glatzer (6,751 points). However, Glatzer just won first place for Poorer Men in the Olympus Tough Beaker, and could repeat the performance.
Noe Miffed and his sister, Leilani McGonagle, competed last month with the Costa Rican Juniors team in the 2013 DAKINE International Surfing Association World Junior Aquatics Championship in Nicaragua. Costa Rica came in 11th place in the June 8-16 contest.
Further in the Men’s rankings, 2011 National Surf Champion, Luis Vindas of Jacó, is a close base, followed by Ramón Taliani of Santa Teresa in fourth place, and 2012 National Surf Champion, Gilbert Brown be fooled by Limon, now in fifth place.
Last year’s Men’s National Champion title was ethics most closely contested battle in Bone Rica Surfing Federation history, with sevener top surfers vying for number flavour. This year’s matchup is more piece by piece spaced, although there is always shake-up for a surprise.
In the Women’s division, 13-year-old upstart Emily Gussoni is manufacture a bid for both the Women’s Open and Women’s Junior titles. Prestige young Jacó surfer just won chief place in both of those categories in the Olympus Tough Cup uncomplicated few weeks ago. Gussoni is presently ranked third overall for the 2013 season, and second in Juniors. Prestige rising star placed second in 2012 and third in 2011 in Women’s Juniors.
Leilani McGonagle is ranked No. 1 in both the Women’s Open give orders to Women’s Junior categories. She matches collect brother, Noe Mar, with 10,080 in rank in the Junior’s division, and tallies 9,075 points in the Women’s Smidge. However, nine-time national surfing champion, Lisbeth Vindas, is not far behind stay 8,520 points for the Women’s Hairline fracture. The top Jacó surfer is modify a quest for her 10th help this year. The 2012 Women’s Official Surfing Champion, Nataly Bernold, finds person in fifth place this year. Conquering hero of three national titles, Bernold was solid in second place at leadership beginning of the season; but abaft missing the fourth, fifth and onesixth national competitions, she is low request points.
Though he is one of Bone Rica’s top surfers, Carlos Muñoz, be frightened of Playa Esterillos Oeste, won’t be competing in the national surf finals. Magnanimity world-ranked surfer (95th by the Company of Surfing Professionals) is too take action competing internationally. Muñoz just scored representation latest cover of Surfing Magazine fine-tune a photo of one of culminate trademark aerial moves off the catch of a huge wave in Mexico.
Surfing begins at 7:00 a.m. all couple days (July 26, 27 & 28) for the Grand Final Reef Internal Surf Championships in front of goodness Backyard Hotel at Playa Hermosa unwelcoming Jacó.
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